PRODUCTIVE SCIENTIFIC SCHOLARSHIP

Scientific Scholarship and Impact Factors

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/04/10/ emergence-of-a-citation-cartel A case in point is a review of interleukin-2 (IL-2) that I was asked to review recently. After reading the manuscript, before agreeing to undertake the review, I told the editor who contacted me that I felt that there were numerous instances where the authors were selective in their choice of references, favoring their own w...

The editorial process and politicized scholarship: monday morning editorial quarterbacking and a call for scientific vigilance.

The publication of Mark Regnerus’ research paper claiming to show that gays and especially lesbians have poor parenting outcomes has unleashed a firestorm of controversy among social scientists who study family and sexuality—fanned by the author’s cultivation of popular media reporting on the study. Less attention has been paid to the review paper by Loren Marks, arguing against the American Ps...

The role of inspiration in scientific scholarship and discovery: views of theistic scientists.

This qualitative research study examined the ways those who identify themselves as theistic scientists and scholars experience inspiration, as defined as divine guidance or influence, in their scientific scholarship and discovery. It also explored participants' beliefs about how scientists and scholars can seek and prepare to receive inspiration in their work. Open-ended surveys of 450 particip...

Defining scholarship.

Keeping the Scholarship in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

As the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) increases in recognition for its contributions to teaching and learning in higher education, it also becomes increasingly important that those wishing to make contributions, and whose area of expertise falls outside of the field of education, make themselves aware of how to conduct educational research. In this essay I question what scholarship...